Do You Cook With Ballast, Or Lamp? Or Both? It's Grilling Season.

[pic book]

So Flowerpants was gifted 1000 sylvanias complete, the ones made in Mexico in the 80's with the ballasts on top of the unit.  Now, w/o winter chill pouring in via an open window, her room is hot, hot, hot and she wants to trade her whole crop for vented hoods.  Doesn't that still leave her ballasts heating everything up?  Anybody know how much heat is served up by the 1000 lamp vs ballast?

 

[pergamum362]

I moved four 1k ballasts out of my room last summer, the first day my temps were down by 3 degrees prior to the previous day. it was still to hot tho..I bought a bigger air conditioner by the end of that week so I could not tell you exactly how much it helped.

[pic book]

P:  I'm amazed, only 3%? 

Found this at a growshop.  1000 w bulb btu's in different situations:

4000  unvented hood

2000  vented hood or bare bulb

just don't know what btu ballasts add

Edited May 22, 2013 by pic book

[pergamum362]

Well, there def a heat source.the room there in now has just them and a fan blowing around them and it gets down right hot in there.i don't know how hot, there's no temp indicator in there.ambient temps in basement are around 75, but that room is at least ten degrees hotter.i once looked for this info too and never did get an anwser.

[Kingdiamond]

So Flowerpants was gifted 1000 sylvanias complete, the ones made in Mexico in the 80's with the ballasts on top of the unit.  Now, w/o winter chill pouring in via an open window, her room is hot, hot, hot and she wants to trade her whole crop for vented hoods.  Doesn't that still leave her ballasts heating everything up?  Anybody know how much heat is served up by the 1000 lamp vs ballast?

I bought a used 1000 watt lumatek off of ebay and was in my flower room while the lights were on and was sweating profusely from the high temperatures outside (high 90s) before entering the room I reached up to grab my digital thermometer and touched the cooling fins it burned a grill mark into my forearm no lie .

[garyfisher]

ballast should not be in bloom room.  Bloom room should be insulated.

[Kingdiamond]

ballast should not be in bloom room.  Bloom room should be insulated.

I know I've  tried it both ways no change in temps and when its on the outside wall service people can see it and get nosy just seemed to be stealthier the way I have it now .